or ' The Bandit's Bride'
A Comic Opera
Book and Lyrics by F. R. BELL and HAROLD Ellis
Music by W. H. BULLOCK
(Authors and Composers of ' Dogs of Devon ' and ' Highwayman Love ')
Characters :
The Grand Duke Otto of Oblivia
Baron Stromboli (his Chancellor)
Alexis (Crown Prince of Pomerania)
Rudolf (known as ' The Count of Como,' a Bandit Chief)
Blanco (his Adjutant)
Captain Grasso (of the Oblivian Civil Guard)
Luigi Civil Guardslater, Bandits
Beppo Niccoli (Proprietor of the Poszch Hotel) Karl Kropp (the Court Barber)
Princess Silvia (Daughter of the Grand Duke) Betti (her Lady-in-Waiting)
Fiammotta (Daughter of Niccoli) Violetta
Bianca Flower Girls) Pepita . .
Marcella Kropp 's Lady Assistants
Chorus of Peasantry (Girls and Men). Civil
Guards, Pomeranian Hussars , and Bandits
THE WIRELESS CHORUS and THE WIRELESS ORCHESTRA : Conducted by JOHN ANSELL